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Team, knowing exactly what I have done I recently purchased an imitation 1-6 Swarovski. $250. Im pretty sure its made in China. It arrived last night and after checking it out it appears to be surprisingly good. Does anyone know anything about these things, if they are as good as they look or anything at all? All Ive been able to find out so far are ill informed comments like its Chinese so therefore it must be %^#@ but despite this if the Chinese put their minds to it they can make anything as good as anyone. Im yet to put it on top of the 30:06 its destined for, but does anyone know anything at these things at all that not prejudiced or just made up?
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Team, knowing exactly what I have done I recently purchased an imitation 1-6 Swarovski. $250. Im pretty sure its made in China. It arrived last night and after checking it out it appears to be surprisingly good. Does anyone know anything about these things, if they are as good as they look or anything at all? All Ive been able to find out so far are ill informed rYcomments like its Chinese so therefore it must be %^#@ but despite this if the Chinese put their minds to it they can make anything as good as anyone. Im yet to put it on top of the 30:06 its destined for, but does anyone know anything at these things at all that not prejudiced or just made up?
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Best of luck to you on that..hopefully it will work out better for you than my "imitation Rolex"... bought one while in NYC..lasted a month..done...

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That’s funny!!!! As a much younger man I bought an imitation Platinum President Bracelet Rolex for $35 USD in Chang Mai many years ago. I still have it and it still works although on closer inspection nobody that knows watches would be fooled by it for longer than about 1/2 a second.

The Orient can be very good at producing knockoffs, with quality varying VERY widely. If you want to test your knockoff scope for quality, put it on something that has good recoil and try the “box drill”... Strong recoil will quickly take care of a sub standard scope, and the box drill will quickly identify whether the erector assembly is junk or not. Throw in a cold frosty day and you’ll see if the scope is tight or not and prone to fogging.

Another thought that comes to mind is that I personally would not mount something like this on a rifle destined for any hunt that I even remotely cared about. Failure in the field is unacceptable to me. I would however not be adverse to mounting a scope like this on a plinking .22 for non serious fun target shooting.

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Team I’ll get some photos up but this far it looks good. It’s going on top of a SAKO 30:06. I know what I bought and if it turns out rubbish I’ll throw it in the bin. But for 250..... well loosing that won’t send me broke.

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As other have said you can get good stuff from China however you normally pay for it. They will make you a Rolex, of S&B scope or Mercedes as good as the actual article but you will be paying nearly the same price. Cheap price is generally and indicator of a cheap build. You may have lucked out.

Let us know how it goes but do as suggested with a heavy recoiling rifle, box test and sticking it in the freezer then onto the rifle.

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As other have said you can get good stuff from China however you normally pay for it. They will make you a Rolex, of S&B scope or Mercedes as good as the actual article but you will be paying nearly the same price. Cheap price is generally and indicator of a cheap build. You may have lucked out.

Let us know how it goes but do as suggested with a heavy recoiling rifle, box test and sticking it in the freezer then onto the rifle.

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The entire "copying" other companies items, personally, pisses me off...each to their own..BUT, Cheena has made billions by stealing shit, copyright infringement, etc for decades from other companies, individuals, etc with no repercussions of any kind..and so it continues..

As long as people keep buy they will keep stealing.. in this way.. I have done it in the past as well, so not casting any stones..but, will no longer support that den of thieves..

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Ripp is spot on. The good news is that the Chinese knock offs are most always junk and corporate theft should NOT be supported.

The copyight infringement and theft issues aside, the OP has indicated that the scope is for a Sako .30-06 so I’m really curious as to why one would put crap glass on such a quaility and highly accurate rifle? A Sako rifle here starts at a price point of $2k CDN, and there is general shooting sport concensus that suggests one should spend an equivalent amount of money on a scope as one would spend on the rifle. So why would one put a questionable piece of glass on such a nice rifle?

I would agree as has also been suggested that a cost effective and quite field acceptable alternative to the eye popping expensive Euro glass would be to buy a Leupold or a Zeiss Conquest. Being an owner of both I tend to favor Leupold over the cheaper Conquests or even the Swaro Z3 line....

I believe that the Leupold is the more cost effective and higher quality for the money when one isn’t able or willing to buy a good high end Zeiss, Swaro, or Leica scope.

Personally I generally try to buy top end when I can afford it and I buy Leupold as my minimum benchmark for my bush guns, truck guns, .22 rifles and even my new fangled FX pneumatic pellet gun. I simply hate to fight with junk equipment. No different than I hate to fight with junk tools when trying to do a job. Speaking of which, junk in tools = Chinese sourced.

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As other have said you can get good stuff from China however you normally pay for it. They will make you a Rolex, of S&B scope or Mercedes as good as the actual article but you will be paying nearly the same price. Cheap price is generally and indicator of a cheap build. You may have lucked out.

Let us know how it goes but do as suggested with a heavy recoiling rifle, box test and sticking it in the freezer then onto the rifle.

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The entire "copying" other companies items, personally, pisses me off...each to their own..BUT, Cheena has made billions by stealing shit, copyright infringement, etc for decades from other companies, individuals, etc with no repercussions of any kind..and so it continues..

As long as people keep buy they will keep stealing.. in this way.. I have done it in the past as well, so not casting any stones..but, will no longer support that den of thieves..

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Bingo. Spot on Ripp. If I had any say or influence in the matter I would have all countries boycott Chinese made items until such time as China stopped infringing copyright, and stealing technology and state sponsored hacking.

Postman, I agree.

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There are knockoff Leupold Scopes made in China that retail for around $35.00 - if you buy 4, shipping to NA is free & only takes a week normally.

Leupold has or had a warning on these on their web site, similar to the warnings WWGreener had on the Belgium English gun Imitations back in 1910.

The scopes look identical on the outside - same markings, gold ring etc & Leupold name stamp.

Couple guys on an air gun forum bought them and liked them. Go figure. They have been listed on E-bay for anywhere from $150.00 to $250.00 in an E-Bay add shown by one of these guys.

Funny, we as private citizens in Canada can buy scopes from China or Europe, but not from the States.

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How annoying that would be. To buy a "pre-owned" scope and find the seller selling it is knowingly flogging off a fake brand scope at a huge profit to the purchase price. A good reason to support good trademark standards. And also actions against anyone selling fake brandname products knowingly without full declaration of what it is, in our countries. (Obviously not referring to bidyanus in this comment, who is not re-selling the scope.)

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I recently purchased an imitation 1-6 Swarovski. $250. Im pretty sure its made in China.

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Bidyanus, I can't tell from the images, but is that scope an illuminated model? For $250?!

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Speaking of Cheeena stealing things..
https://freebeacon.com/national-security...val-encounters/

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Speaking of Cheeena stealing things..
https://freebeacon.com/national-security...val-encounters/

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I am glad the US Administration is now standing up to the Chinese and telling them where to get off. I hate to say this but if the US does not stand up to China no other country will. Now the rest of us need to support and back the US stance on China while we can.

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Agree---also good to see the US is no longer sending pallets of cash in a cargo plan under the cover of darkness to make a horrible deal look good to the world..such a disgrace..

BUT yes, CHEENA is not a friend.. they are looking for world dominance.. and look out of it ever gets to that point.. everything they come up with is stolen ..from cell phones to nuclear subs...

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